Editing Trans-Labrador Highway (section)

==Construction and development==
[[File:Trans Labrador highway in Division No. 10, Subd. D, NL, Canada.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Trans-Labrador highway in [[Division No. 10, Newfoundland and Labrador|Division No. 10]], Subdivision D, NL in 2010]]

===Phase I, upgrading Labrador West to Happy Valley-Goose Bay===

The original TLH from Labrador West (Labrador City/Wabush) to Happy Valley-Goose Bay was completed in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/publicat/LabradorRecord/infra.html|title = The Labrador Record - Infrastructure}}</ref><ref name="source1">[http://www.labradorwest.com/default.php?display=cid1239&mid=70 History of Labrador City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606225531/http://www.labradorwest.com/default.php?display=cid1239&mid=70 |date=2014-06-06 }}, ''LabradorWest.com'', Retrieved February 7, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Labrador mayors push for highway commitments |date=2005-12-14 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411230635/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-mayors-push-for-highway-commitments-1.568825 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-mayors-push-for-highway-commitments-1.568825}}</ref> Some sections were poorly built or in need of upgrades due to increased traffic use, particularly the section between [[Churchill Falls]] and Happy Valley-Goose Bay. In the  summer of 1999, $60 million was allocated to upgrade the highway as part of the "Labrador Transportation Initiative".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/resourcecentre/readingroom/conference/conf2003/pdfs/jin.pdf|title=Bridges on the Trans Labrador Highway|website=tac-atc.ca|access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>

'''The Phase I''' section of the TLH began undergoing paving operations in 2009;<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2009/tw/0806n06.htm | title=Trans Labrador Highway Being Fast-Tracked }}</ref> by October 2011, a stretch of approximately {{convert|140|km|mi|abbr=on}} leading east from Labrador West had been paved, as well approximately {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} heading west from Goose Bay towards Churchill Falls.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2012/tw/0523n04.htm | title=Ministerial Statement - Final Tenders Awarded for Phase I of Trans Labrador Highway }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Trans-Labrador Highway woes detailed by AG |date=2012-01-27 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417032332/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trans-labrador-highway-woes-detailed-by-ag-1.1189733 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trans-labrador-highway-woes-detailed-by-ag-1.1189733}}</ref> The entire Phase I section of the TLH was completed in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tenders Called for More Paving on Phase I of Trans Labrador Highway|url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2011/tw/0223n02.htm|publisher=Transportation and Works|access-date=26 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Humber Valley Paving should've paid penalty, Lisa Dempster says |date=2014-05-01 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417013119/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/humber-valley-paving-should-ve-paid-penalty-lisa-dempster-says-1.2628419 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/humber-valley-paving-should-ve-paid-penalty-lisa-dempster-says-1.2628419}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Labrador paving project won't be on time or budget |date=2014-06-12 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412013016/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-paving-project-won-t-be-on-time-or-budget-1.2673028 |archive-date=2023-04-12 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-paving-project-won-t-be-on-time-or-budget-1.2673028}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Smooth driving on Trans-Labrador Highway from HVGB to Lab West |date=2015-06-30 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417032330/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/smooth-driving-on-trans-labrador-highway-from-hvgb-to-lab-west-1.3133338 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/smooth-driving-on-trans-labrador-highway-from-hvgb-to-lab-west-1.3133338#:~:text=After%20its%20fair%20share%20of%20controversy%20and%20flat,scheduled%20to%20be%20complete%20in%20August%202014.%20%28CBC%29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Paving of Trans-Labrador Highway will remain unfinished until 2015 |date=2014-10-28 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417005310/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/paving-of-trans-labrador-highway-will-remain-unfinished-until-2015-1.2814675 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/paving-of-trans-labrador-highway-will-remain-unfinished-until-2015-1.2814675}}</ref>

====Route 510====

In 1997, the [[Government of Newfoundland and Labrador]] committed to building an extension of the TLH, connecting [[Happy Valley-Goose Bay]] with an existing isolated road network serving coastal communities on the [[Strait of Belle Isle]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/1997/wst/1202n02.htm | title=Ministerial Statement - Early tenders for projects funded under Labrador Transportation Initiative Fund }}</ref> The impetus for this project was the federal government's desire to cut costs and remove itself from subsidizing coastal [[ferry]] service to Labrador [[Newfoundland outport|outports]] which was being provided by the federal [[Crown corporation]] [[Marine Atlantic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Access to Trans-Labrador Highway has been 'double-edged sword,' Cartwright mayor |date=2015-06-19 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417061111/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/access-to-trans-labrador-highway-has-been-double-edged-sword-cartwright-mayor-1.3118416 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/access-to-trans-labrador-highway-has-been-double-edged-sword-cartwright-mayor-1.3118416}}</ref>

These federal cuts were completed in 1997, under the moniker Labrador Transportation Initiative, when an agreement was signed which saw the federal government transfer ownership and operation of two ferry vessels, along with C$340 million for extending Labrador's road network.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/1997/exec/0403n01.htm | title=Government announces construction of Trans Labrador Highway }}</ref> A key component to this plan was $150 million to upgrade coastal Labrador marine services, including a newer high-capacity ferry for the [[St. Barbe, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. Barbe]]-[[Blanc Sablon, Quebec|Blanc Sablon]] service across the [[Strait of Belle Isle]].
[[File:Trans-Labrador Highway Route 500.jpg|thumb|Route 500 heading towards Happy Valley-Goose Bay]]

===Phase II, Red Bay to Cartwright Junction===

Phase II of new construction, costing $130 million, began in 1999 and saw [[Route 510 (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Route 510]] extended {{convert|323|km|mi|abbr=on}} over four years from its terminus in [[Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Red Bay]] northeast to the port of [[Cartwright, Newfoundland and Labrador|Cartwright]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/1997/labrador/1127n04.htm | title=Ministerial Statement - Labrador Transportation Initiative Fund }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/1999/wst/1103n04.htm | title=Major contracts awarded for next phase of Red Bay to Cartwright Highway }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.budget.gov.nl.ca/Budget2000/economy/construction.htm | title=The Economy - Construction }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canlii.org/en/nl/laws/regu/nlr-39-99/latest/nlr-39-99.html|title=Red Bay to Cartwright Road Approval of Construction Order, NLR 39/99|website=canlii.org|access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref> This section was paved as far as Cartwright Junction, the unpaved remainder (to Cartwright) being designated [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 516|Highway 516]].

===Phase III, Cartwright Junction to Happy Valley-Goose Bay===

Phase III is a {{convert|250|km|mi|abbr=on}} section of Route 510 built for $130 million south of [[Lake Melville]]/[[Hamilton Inlet]] to connect Cartwright Junction ({{convert|94|km|mi|abbr=on}} south west of Cartwright) with [[Happy Valley-Goose Bay]], completed sufficiently to open to traffic as a gravel road on 16 December 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2009/tw/1216n07.htm | title=Ministerial Statement - Trans Labrador Highway Phase III Now Open ï¿½ Connecting Labrador West, Through Lake Melville, to Southern Labrador }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Trans-Labrador Highway now connected |date=2009-12-09 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417034121/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trans-labrador-highway-now-connected-1.776173 |archive-date=2023-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trans-labrador-highway-now-connected-1.776173}}</ref> During 2010, two permanent bridges, road surface work, signage, and guardrails were completed at a cost of $15 million. The road was then paved except for {{convert|36|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Cartwright Junction westward to Paradise Heights (the divide between the basins of the Paradise River and the Eagle River).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@52.9924889,-57.9858489,3a,75y,56.99h,90.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHT9rpv4pglCbdT-w1KB-NQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 |title = Google Maps}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2020/exec/0417n03/ | title=Provincial Government Preparing for Road Construction Season | date=17 April 2020 }}</ref> The remainder was completed in July 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/governments-of-canada-and-newfoundland-and-labrador-investing-over-50-million-in-support-of-26-public-infrastructure-projects-across-the-province-855670789.html |title = Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador investing over $50 million in support of 26 public infrastructure projects across the province}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://ntv.ca/trans-labrador-highway-paving-complete/ | title=Trans-Labrador Highway paving complete | date=5 July 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/final-stretch-of-roadwork-clews-up-to-complete-25-year-trans-labrador-highway-project-100750303/ | title=Final stretch of roadwork clews up to complete 25-year Trans-Labrador Highway project &#124; SaltWire }}</ref>